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My old, but in good condition RP3 is going into TFT for a service on monday and i'm thinking if the £50 PUSH upgrade is worth it, or would I be better off putting that money in the pot for a RP23 in the future? The bike is a Cove Hustler.
Id get it PUSHed so long as its not an antique, they work wonders and the standard RP23 aint all that special anyway
Its a 2005 unit, I think, but looks in good nick and holds all its air. I think I will ask TFT to give me a call when it is all stripped down and inspected - if its all tickety boo then I might go ahead.
had a brand new one pushed as it's only £35 on new RP23's (after borrowing another off a m8) and think the PUSH tuning is well worth it.
So I'd recommend giving it a go, on the old one & on the new one if you decided to go that way.
The 2005 RP3 is the model year that will probably benefit the most - they were pretty wallowy in the mid-stroke. I'd not hesitate to get my next shock pushed.
Given its age, you may have some wear the the body ano. If there is, I'b buy a pushed one new from stock.
In actual fact, selling on your RP3 as is and cross funding the new one is probably the best option.
I can't see any wear on the ano, but that's not to say it does not exist under the air can. The shock has has an easy life with not an excessive amount of use. I do find it a bit wallowy but though that was down to the basic suspension design on the Hustler.
Right, changed the booking to include a PUSH upgrade on the shock!
Its gonna be costly as I'm sending in my Pikes to get the PUSH treatment too at the same time! Convince me that this was a good way to spend £300...
Cancel PUSHing the Pikes IMO. Having had it, I wasn't sorry to see it go when I sold them. You've got to be a pretty hard rider (read, virtual DH speeds) for it to help. Their performance in slow speed situations is compromised as a result and honestly, 6-9months of the year where I ride is slop, and the speeds just aren't high enough to get enough benefit, enough of the time.
Push on the backend is so much better though. Mine was on a 5spot and I specifically had it pushed to stop the bike riding like it was a dog dragging its arse on the ground.
It was a prancing pony after TFT worked their magic.
ouch!
had my RP3 pushed and that's money well spent, i've also got Pikes but never thought they needed anything doing to them, what do you find up with them to warrant a push?
i'm thinking of getting my RP23 pushed too as the rebound adjust doesn't seem to be working so it needs a service anyway. Will I notice any difference though? It's a 2007 RP23 on a Spider XVP
CaptD, I've been using a std RP23(on loan) for weeks on my Prophet, took the plung and bought a new (admittedly boost valved RP23) with a Push tuning and it's 'seemingly' massively better* - though now my forks buggered so can't test it further (yet)
* Don't ask me to describe how it's massively better, all I know is the 1st ride out, the first downhill was so much better controlled than it had been previously.
Having had a rear shock pushed I can say it is worth the extra. I had my standard OE Pikes TF Tuned and setup correctly for me and they were awesome, I even sold them to a mate and he loved them too, we often talk about those Pikes even now and both wished we never sold them - lol.
I have a mate who's just had his dual air pikes pushed and swears by them however he is a hard rider and descends well so as said above, maybe better for more DH type riding.
I have found the Pikes really feel 'lost' in rock gardens, especially the sorts sound at CyB and other rockier trail centres. Seeing as I have these on my 'big' bike (I have an Inbred with Blackbox Rebas for tamer duties) I think the PUSH will work well.
But thanks for sharing your honesty on what you thought of PUSHed Pikes - I hope my experience is better than yours!
Their performance in slow speed situations is compromised as a result and honestly, 6-9months of the year where I ride is slop, and the speeds just aren't high enough to get enough benefit, enough of the time.
I'd disagree strongly with that, performance is greatly improved.
Maybe you had a duff set.
In what way were they better than stock?
I'm curious since TFT are quite open about the fact that they will feel more constipated on slow and moderate speed stuff until the higher speed damping opens up.
My set were a few years old, so perhaps they improved the damping as they went along -I'm struggling with that scenario though, since the RP3 was so utterly sorted.
Only you can be the judge as to whether the (admittedly large) improvement on occasional fast and choppy sections is worth the cash and the downgrade in ride quality for the majority of the time. For me it wasn't.
Haven't PUSH changed there system recently? What was the improvement? Anyone know?